Obama Plans To Nominate B. Todd Jones As Permanent ATF Director

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President Obama plans to announce on Wednesday that he is nominating B. Todd Jones to the long-unfilled position of director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, according to a White House official. Jones is currently the ATF’s acting director.

The ATF has gone six years without a permanent director. Carl. J. Truscott was the bureau’s last permanent director.

Evan McMorris-Santoro contributed reporting.

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